Monday, July 13, 2009

Share your penny story: Betty Peterson


Momentum continues to grow for my book, and I can't believe how far we have come...and just how far we have to go. Frost Bookstore, another local bookstore in Salt Lake, has agreed to carry my book. Located off of 2000 E and 2700 S. Frost is another staple in the Utah book scene. Added bonus-there is a snow cone place in the parking lot, so you can pick up my book and a yummy summer treat to curl up with to stay cool in this raging summer heat.

This weekend, the Deseret News did a review of my book. This is my first encounter with less-than 100% positive feedback for the story, and it kind of made me take a step back at first. I then remembered that although I have put so much into this story and it means the world to me, not everyone is going to feel the same way-and that is okay. I am excited that this review will give me extra exposure locally here in Salt Lake...I just hope that the readers of the review still give the book a chance. As they say in PR, any news is good news, so I am going to look at this as a positive.

Today's penny story comes to us from my mom, one of my biggest supporters. Some of my story actually is based on some of my mom's strong feelings about pennies and I want to share her story with you today.

" Many of us believe our loved ones who have passed on leave us pennies of remembrance. My sister and I agreed she would leave me a sign. I have found pennies in the strangest places and at the strangest times in my life and I always acknowledge Jo when I do with a 'Thank you.' The one time the pennies from Jo blew my mind was on my 70th birthday. My three daughters and I were on our way to lunch at Trolly Square Spaghetti Factory . It was a rainy April day and at the front door in a rain puddle were '7' pennies. It made
me a believer-she remembered."
My mom getting loves from my horse, Copper Penny
My mom is probably one of the biggest supporters of the notion that pennies come from heaven. Similar to the story I mentioned earlier last week, pennies give her the reassurance that Jo is with her, every step of the way.

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